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Old 06-19-2012, 10:36 AM   #7676
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im holding YNG and CLL. CLL, i'm down 50% on, YNG is coming back a bit, but it's still depressing lol... was gonna put more into YNG a few weeks ago but decided against it
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Very tempted to buy more tvix to average down but running low on cash. That's 4 huge straight days of gain.....I'm freaking out.
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Old 06-19-2012, 02:25 PM   #7678
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quick question for you guys, currently I'm trading through TD Waterhouse but at $30/trade I feel like its a bit expensive so I was wondering what brokerage are some of you guys using?
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im holding YNG and CLL. CLL, i'm down 50% on, YNG is coming back a bit, but it's still depressing lol... was gonna put more into YNG a few weeks ago but decided against it
Dang, sorry to hear that, I don't want to influence you one way or the other, but I would be pulling the pin on CLL, they have a 100M convertible debenture payment due at the end of the month, and based on historical figures and the previous news releases, they likely do not have the money for this so you can expect more dilution and a shittier share price. Unless you are VERY bullish on the price of oil.. you may strongly want to consider getting rid of CLL before it's back to the twenty's.

YNG should have a good run, especially with any action on the part of the feds. The latest news release really wasn't received by the market as strongly as I expected, I will be adding to my position as soon as there is a down day so I can salvage what gains I can get from my Alcoa shares. (Down day wait is because Alcoa has been climbming and I would like to drop it after it's done this "little rally")


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Very tempted to buy more tvix to average down but running low on cash. That's 4 huge straight days of gain.....I'm freaking out.
Interesting how the dynamic of the TVIX is constantly changing (Since I picked it up anyway), it no longer follows the beat of the S & P 500, but actually follows the movement of the VIX, what you are seeing is essentially the lowest end you can expect to see TVIX trade at, we are now at the historical average for the VIX and there is no reason to suggest that these are not "volatile times", if I wasn't already in, I would be buying.

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German PPI slows to 23-month low in May
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I wouldn't have said Questrade before, due to their shitty platform. However, they are upgrading to a new platform called the IQ. I haven't used it yet, so I have to reserve my opinion on that for now.

They certainly do have the lowest transaction fees at 4.95 minimum and 9.95 max though. (something like that, give or take a few cents)
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Hi all, stocks is something I want to get into and it is always good to learn about it. The thing is I don't know much. Any Stock 101 website I can read first?
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More likely green thanks to Greece forming the govt. and the Fed will probably be extending operation twist.
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I wouldn't have said Questrade before, due to their shitty platform. However, they are upgrading to a new platform called the IQ. I haven't used it yet, so I have to reserve my opinion on that for now.

They certainly do have the lowest transaction fees at 4.95 minimum and 9.95 max though. (something like that, give or take a few cents)

Just tried it this morning, its definitely much better than the old quest trader web. Everything is more integrated and customized to your preference. However, switching to IQ web (free) you won't be able to make trades on your phone / tablet and will have to wait for a real app to come sometime in the summer.
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Hi all, stocks is something I want to get into and it is always good to learn about it. The thing is I don't know much. Any Stock 101 website I can read first?
easy answer, no

search again, there are good books on fundamentals by the famous writers... but really you need to be financial literate to even start understanding where/what to look at
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just doubled up my position of YNG, looks like their getting their shit together and with most gold stocks at such a low price and QE possibly coming, I see some major upside potential here
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Tried every Canadian broker out there. IB is THE cheapest and THE best broker. period.
Smart routing is fucking money, paid .14 cents for a 35 contract option trade, averaging about 1$-2.50$ a trade , lots from 250-3k shares~
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Smart routing is fucking money, paid .14 cents for a 35 contract option trade, averaging about 1$-2.50$ a trade , lots from 250-3k shares~
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More Yukon Nevada News, President and CEO Robert F. Baldock will be leaving the company

That's not horrible news but it isn't good news either, hopefully his succesors can keep the company going in the same direction that Robert had it going.

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Moody's!!!!

I'm playing around with my play money account for which bank stocks I will be buying puts for.

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So ridiculous how there are so many rules/regulations against conflicts of interests/manipulation/insider trading yet these "ratings" agencies provide no positive value (i.e. last year's downgrades bonanza)
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Moody's!!!!

I'm playing around with my play money account for which bank stocks I will be buying puts for.

would you not think this is somewhat priced into the major bank stocks?
a contrarian view might be to buy calls on ones you think WON'T be downgraded?

i don't have the balls to do either put/calls on this one
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would you not think this is somewhat priced into the major bank stocks?
a contrarian view might be to buy calls on ones you think WON'T be downgraded?

i don't have the balls to do either put/calls on this one

As you can tell, for the whole day today, it's definitely priced in. But the aftermath. Wow, there is potential to make even more money

Speaking of contrarian indicators, GS announced on March that it was time to buy stocks since it was cheap. Now they're stating that they are bearish. Hmmmm.


HOWEVER, From a basic TA standpoint, the DOW broke through the 50 day MA on a negative breakout and is closing in on the 30 day MA. MACD's and Stochastic are looking like they are starting phantom downtrend. I've mostly been $$$ since late March and my last play for options was the AAPL downtrend after their last earnings. Ballz not big enough.
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Just tried it this morning, its definitely much better than the old quest trader web. Everything is more integrated and customized to your preference. However, switching to IQ web (free) you won't be able to make trades on your phone / tablet and will have to wait for a real app to come sometime in the summer.
I've tried the new IQ platform since they first released it for beta testing.

At first there were shiet loads of bugs, but they have been fixed and i really like the platform now. Still the place to be if you like cheap commisions.
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im holding YNG and CLL. CLL, i'm down 50% on, YNG is coming back a bit, but it's still depressing lol... was gonna put more into YNG a few weeks ago but decided against it
wow, this is me exactly, I hold both, and bought CLL at an avg price of $.88, shoulda sold it when it went over $1

I fcked up huge and held on too long, now just waiting for AGM end of this month to see if any news. luckily I did hedge a bit by holding HOD (bear on oil prices)

on the bright side my bear plays are finally paying off. FAZ, HVU,, SDOW and my puts on BAC.
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Been on a road trip around bc and ab the last couple weeks. Even went to fort mac to see fiances family who are working up there. Serious boom town.

Still holding 23k shares yng @ avg .35 Glad to see Jerrit making positive cash but nervous about ceo resigning. Come on QE3!

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Old 06-24-2012, 10:46 AM   #7699
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I think it's last chance for the CHR.B quarterly dividend tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the price will be higher next go round.
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I am currently playing an app in Apple Store called iTrade. Unstable app but so far I learned quite a bit from it. I know it's different from the real stock market but it's the closest thing to it. 100k to start and so far I have made 5k gains. Bought Cosco, Apple, Cheapsake energy, and American Financial.

Any stocks I should look into?
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